Utica Observer-Dispatch

"...The magnitude of this project cannot be overstated. Quad-C is like nothing this region has ever seen before. The technology utilized in the nearly 300,000-square-foot facility is mind boggling. In short, this is a long, deliberate process that we cannot simply wish into existence.

“If you look at the example of Albany, it took many years for it to get up and running,” Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D-Utica, said last week following a tour of the facility with the O-D editorial board. “The state in my lifetime has never made this kind of investment in this area.”

Brindisi is right. Quad-C is moving forward. The expansion that caused the delay in opening was a good thing because it increased the initial investment for the structure alone from $125 million to as much as $250 million or more. Total public and private investment in Quad-C, including the expensive tools used in chip making, has been pegged at $1.5 billion..."

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